The Unnamed Location is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.17333, -117.47750
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Unnamed Location MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Location
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat District (Florence)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock May Be Cupola Of Larger Pluton To The East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal; Contact Metamorphism
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THIS LOCATION IS WITHIN THE METAMORPHIC AUREOLE (200 - 800 FT WIDE) AROUND THE GRANODIORITE STOCK
Comment (Location): W/2 NE/4; UTM LOCATION TO CENTER
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...NORTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955 - 1961: VOL. 1, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS P. P. 431
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
